Stellar Community Fund

By Gateway.fm

Stellar/Soroban Public RPC infrastructure from Gateway.fm

SCF #16

$150.0K

Legacy v4.0 Award

Awarded

Offering Soroban mainnet/testnet RPC infra on private data centers with monthly rate limit of 155M requests, free of charge.

Products & Services

Free Public RPC infrastructure (Mainnet and Testnet) on independent/carbon-neutral data centers for Stellar/Soroban. RPCs are vital tools that enable the building of decentralized apps and projects. With our Free Public RPC infrastructure, developers can effortlessly execute smart contracts and build dApps on the Stellar/Soroban network. Gateway.fm’s fully portable infrastructure can be deployed on bare metal/private data centers in any country (if needed). That will facilitate the development of digital currencies (CBDC) based on Stellar/Soroban Network. Our infrastructure simplifies the building process and eliminates the single point of failure, resulting in a more robust and decentralized network. We are excited to offer this service to the blockchain development community and to contribute to the growth and advancement of the Stellar/Soroban blockchain.

Features: Mainnet and testnet public (Free) PRC endpoints (Rate limit: 155M requests per month for both mainnet and testnet per IP) Shared nodes and Dedicated nodes for enterprise clients On prem or private cloud Auto-scaling Fully automated/monitored Smart Proxy/ LB / Aggregator Deep Analytics Best in Class dedicated technical support (8-18CET) + 24/7 on pager duty for critical issues SLA 99.9%

Business Model: Free RPC for Stellar developers and community up to 155M requests per month (or 60RPS) Paid Shared nodes ($0.0000015/request) or dedicated nodes for enterprises customers (2 nodes ±$1k)

Success cases and validation from the partners: Erigon. Gateway.fm worked closely with the Erigon team on optimizing the TX pool and finishing the Withdrawals API. Some of our team members attended the Shanghai upgrade R&D workshop in January. Extended partnership for one more year. Polygon zkEVM. Gateway.fm was the first one to go live with Polygon zkEVM Public RPC endpoints (6min or 120 blocks after the first transaction). More information: https://twitter.com/0xPolygon/status/1641158631197495296 Polygon Supernet. Gateway.fm has been chosen as an official implementation partner of Polygon Supernet. More information here: https://twitter.com/gateway_eth/status/1646132929087561728 Gnosis Chain. Gateway.fm runs 75% of public Gnosis RPC, and 50% of validators. More information here: https://forum.gnosis.io/t/gip-70-should-gnosisdao-pass-a-grant-proposal-to-partner-with-gateway-fm/6079 YAT. Gateway.fm provided a complete solution for a game project, including advising on user journey methodology, smart-contract execution, mechanics, and auditing on both Ethereum and Polygon. The project started in November 2021 and was successfully completed in March 2022. LUKSO (blockchain Created by former Ethereum Developer Fabian Vogelsteller, known for developing ERC20 and ERC725, web3.js, and the Mist Browser). Gateway.fm has been chosen as an infrastructure partner to provide Public RPC services mainnet and testnet. Work in progress. ETA: June.